James Corden's Zoom monologue gets very awkward, very fast

The problem with being a late night host monologuing from your own garage is there’s no one around to laugh at your jokes.

And if you’re James Corden in the sketch above, not even a Zoom call with your colleagues helps.

The newly returned Late Late Show skit revolves around Corden getting increasingly frustrated — and fully embracing his trademark, deadpan anger — when his co-workers fail to find his one-liners even remotely amusing.

The final moments, when Corden realises one of his colleagues is laughing at Borat rather than his material, is the icing on the cake.